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American art historian

Daniel Weiss is an American art historian who was the president and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In 2022, he announced his intention to step down from the role in June 2023 after an eight year tenure.

Weiss graduated from the Wheatley School in 1975, George Washington University's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences with a B. A. in psychology in 1979. In 1982 he graduated with a master's in medieval and modern art from Johns Hopkins University and subsequently, in 1985, obtained an MBA from the Yale School of Management. In 1992, he returned to Johns Hopkins and obtained a PhD in Western Medieval and Byzantine Art and a minor in classical Greek art and architecture.

After obtaining his MBA he joined the management consultancy Booz, Allen & Hamilton in New York. He left in 1989, to obtain his PhD degree and afterwards started working at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he served as history of art professor and department head from 1992 to 2001 and as dean of faculty from 2001 to 2002. From 2002, Weiss was dean of Johns Hopkins University's Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. From 2005 to 2013, he then served as president of Lafayette College. In 2016, the college named their new black box theater in William C. Buck Hall for Weiss and his wife, Sandra. From 2013 to 2015, he served as the president of Haverford College.

In 2016, Weiss received a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from George Washington University. the Leadership and Society Award from the Yale School of Management, and the Centennial Medal from the Foreign Policy Association. He also holds honorary degrees from Lafayette College (2013) and Randolph Macon College (2017). In 2021 Weiss was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Weiss was also one of the inaugural recipients of George Washington University's Monumental Alumni Award in 2021. It is the highest form of recognition given by the university to a GW graduate, honoring living alumni who have made an impact on the world through their work and service. In January 2022 City and State New York honored Dan Weiss with a lifetime achievement recognition in their "50 Over 50" list, which "extols the accomplishments and experience of 50 individuals who are over the age of 50."

Weiss serves on the board of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Posse Foundation, Wallace Foundation, the Library of America, the University Council at Yale, and of the advisory board of the Yale School of Management.

Weiss has published different books and in June 2017, signed a contract with PublicAffairs for his new book "In That Time: A Story of Loss and Reconciliation in the Era of Vietnam". The book was published in November 2019 and well received by critics. In "Why the Museum Matters," published in November 2022, Weiss contemplates the idea of the universal art museum alongside broad considerations about the role of art in society and what defines a cultural experience.